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Seventy\u2010one prescription items out of 217 (33%) had an error, of this 53 (75%) were due to possible patient non\u2010adherence and 18 (25%) were process related errors made by health\u2010care professionals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title><jats:p>An error was identified in 33% of prescriptions. About 8.3% of prescriptions had a health\u2010care professional related process error. 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